p>He read his son's final message on the YouTube channel where the 20-something had entertained over 11 million subscribers with Minecraft gameplay and humorous comments. https://www.dgsalt.org/members/junetalk60/activity/325362/ The title "so long nerds."
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p>Technoblade, a YouTube celebrity who gained millions of followers through his humorous commentary on videos of him playing Minecraft, has passed away, his father announced via a video uploaded to his son's YouTube account.
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p>More than 11 million subscribers made it a habit of watching screen recordings of Technoblade's Minecraft gameplay while he offered commentary on camera. While he usually focused on what was happening in the game, in some videos, he described everyday life events such as going to the D.M.V. Or as devastating as being diagnosed with cancer.
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p>Technoblade's YouTube channel released an original video titled "so long geeks" on Thursday. It was seen more than 26 million times as of Friday afternoon. The video is different from the channel's usual aesthetic which is characterized by vibrant bricks that are pixelated. Instead, a man who identifies himself as Technoblade's father has been shown, sitting in a chair on a stark white backdrop, with an adorable white dog on his lap.
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p>His father, who is not willing to identify himself and reads the message from his son that begins: "Hello, everyone. Technoblade here. You can see me dead if you're watching this.
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p>The message continues to reveal Technoblade∏s first name, Alex. He didn∏t use it on the internet. The video also features several images of Alex with his family and friends. Alex had never shown himself in his YouTube videos, preferring to present himself as his character: a crown-crowned, sword-wielding pig.
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p>Alex's letter states that "If I had another hundred life, I believe I'd choose Technoblade each time." "Those were the most joyful years of my life."
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p>His father, who remains emotional throughout the video, says the two of them talked for months about whether or not to record a final video. The father of the son says that Alex wrote the letter and died eight hours later.
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p>"I don't think he's said everything he wanted to say, but I believe he got the main points," he says.
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p>The video concludes with a declaration written by Alex's mother (who is not named) wrote. She stated that Alex was not famous and self-deprecating in spite of his channel's popularity growing.
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p>She wrote that Technoblade was always seeking ways to please and reward their customers. He gave away prizes online and encouraged good sportsmanship and most importantly, shared his Minecraft adventures to entertain and laughter.
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p>Alex's family was not able to contact him on Friday. Hypixel is a gaming firm that collaborated with Technoblade, has confirmed that the family had asked that comments not be forwarded to them. "The video they posted includes all the information they are comfortable sharing at this time," Don Pireso, the chief administrator of the company stated on Twitter in a direct message.
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p>Alex posted his August video on his YouTube channel. It was in this video that Alex first announced the diagnosis of cancer. The video, which showed Alex's voice off camera and showed the game. He maintained his self-deprecating and humorous manner, avoiding any attempt to be too serious. He also revealed his age at the time, 22.
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p>He told how his initial chemotherapy treatment left him exhausted and unable to even make it to a virtual appointment with an oncologist. Then, he joked: "Sitting in a chair I am Superman?"
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p>After experiencing extreme discomfort in his arm, the doctor diagnosed him with. He initially dismissed it as a strain injury from playing video games, but even after some days of rest, he stated his shoulder "was swelling up to the roof."
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p>He also implored people to obtain a Covid-19 vaccine, saying that the treatment for cancer affected his immune system, which put him at a higher risk of serious illness from the coronavirus.
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p>"I'm going to stand up and speak on behalf of all cancer patients when I say that it is extremely frustrating when hospitals are overloaded with patients dying from preventable diseases," he said in the video. "I'm just saying, we're entitled to the beds in hospitals."
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p>Technoblade's friends, followers and followers on social media have praised him for his humor and also for being an example for Minecraft players.
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p>Minecraft is unlike most games because its creator, Microsoft, does not manage the servers that players interact online. Instead, players can build their own servers or join one that was created by someone else, creating an expansive universe of worlds within the Minecraft universe.
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p>Hypixel which is a network of Minecraft servers, announced that it had designed a digital memorial book that allows users to write messages that would be printed and sent to the Technoblade family. The tribute of the company included a picture of Technoblade's pig as statue. "In many ways the success of a lot of us is linked to the success of Technoblade," the company said.
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